Snowflakes - A Classical Christmas / Baadsvik, Cantus Women's Choir

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On five previous discs the astonishing tuba player Øystein Baadsvik has demonstrated his incredible versatility as a musician, while at the same time establishing that ‘anything a violin can do, a tuba can do too’, to quote a review in the Daily Telegraph of his first disc on BIS, Tuba Carnival. As Baadsvik writes in his own liner notes to the present disc: 'Every tuba player soon learns to live with people’s “oompah-oompah” prejudices, but rarely have these been challenged more boldly than here. Never before has there been a Christmas record with symphony orchestra, women’s choir and tuba!' The programme consists of lavish arrangements of Baadsvik’s own international and Nordic Christmas favourites. As befits the season, the offering contains a few surprises as well – such as Eatnemen Vuelie, inspired by joik, the traditional singing of the Sami people, and a snowy version of Baadsvik’s own piece Fnugg (‘flakes’), with elements of beat-boxing as well as the sound of the Australian didgeridoo. With the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra lending the music all the variety and uplift that only a large orchestra can provide, and the glittering voices of the Cantus choir adding a festive glow, Baadsvik's tuba carries the day - atmospheric and joyous, tuneful and meditative by turns.



Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: BIS-CD-1885


  • UPC: 7318590018859


  • Label: BIS


  • Composer: Adolphe Adam, Alice Tegnér, Anna Baadsvik, Franz Schubert, Franz Xaver Gruber, Frode Fjellheim, Gustaf Nordqvist, Jester Hairston, John Francis Wade, Leigh Harline, Oystein Baadsvik, Ruben Liljefors, Staffan Lundén-Welden, Traditional


  • Conductor: Torodd Wigum


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cantus Women’s Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra


  • Performer: Oystein Baadsvik